Its story

HIP 13242 has a visual magnitude of about 8.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13242: right ascension 2h 50m 26s, declination +23° 40′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 13242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13242, HD 17632, Gaia DR3 112860199962541824. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.